Welcoming 2011 On The Beach

We wanted to be on the beach to greet the new year. So after some intense staring at Google Maps and Lonely Planet we landed on heading to Mollendo, a small coastal town some 120km out of Arequipa. Completely surrounded by desert and mountains, the is a small oasis for Arequipenos flocking to the seas for some R & R in the January - March season. As it happens, the place was perfect for celebrating the turning of another year.

The most unforgettable sight of the first day after getting into town was at the beachfront cafe where we saw these two dogs humping; while watching canines have marital relations might not exactly make the news in most situations, this one was quite the sight: a small German shapherd bitch was being taken by a petite white hound and suddenly a giant monster of a dog, apparently the former's "hubby", rushes from its hideout and charges the smaller white male. Doing what dogs do when surrendering, the white one rolls onto its back and exposes his throat, only to forget he's still inside the bitch and to end up in a weird position where he is stuck to his maid. Pushed around by the big dog, the four-legged lady starts to gallop around, towing her young suitor - who still seems to maintain a raging boner - around on the asphalt by his cock. Lol. It takes them more than 10 minutes to detach.

On the New Year's Eve the weather is just gorgeous and nothing seems better than lazing around a pool, having a few beers and enjoying the view over a beach. We visit an Aqua Park briefly and after an afternoon nap we're off to the celebration. We meet this Arequipena couple whose man seems to be doing cocaine all the time; he keeps stuffing his face with the white stuff he keeps calling "Peru's Finest" and at one point he apparently proposes us to join him and his fat girlfriend in a foursome on the beach. Hahah, as if. So we ditch them and have a brilliant night watching fireworks over the beach. The next afternoon we catch a bus up north, but not before getting invited to a snack of Ceviches in the home of iour Hospedaje keepers. Muchos gracias amigos!